Sunday, September 23, 2018 (Court Day #202)
As I settled in for bed last night, I took measure of my maladies. Sore back. Sore upper right arm—it felt as if someone had slugged me or I’d had a inoculation injection there. (Probably a mis-performed slam.) Three days straight of pickleball was taking its toll and a day of recovery was not enough. After waking up, I did have a fleeting thought of not wanting to go. That was the body talking, not the spirit! Nonetheless, I’d be out there again today.
Nick (blue) and Tami up from Monterey again of some pickleball action! Tami was the first one on the court today!
I got to Derby about 10 to 9. It was overcast and chilly, but it’d burn off a few hours later.
John P. played very, very well. For a while now, I’d eclipsed his level play. There wasn’t much of a difference between our performances today.
We had game against Dean and Oleg and we managed an 11-7 lost. Dean didn’t seem to be playing his hardest, but there were shots in that game where he was not holding back. That’s what I like. Give me 100%. If we lose 11-0, so be it.
After a winning point, John turned to me and said, “You out-Oleged Oleg.” It was a short return, I drove the ball hard at Oleg a few inches over the net and his return didn’t make it back over. Such a rarity, it’s nice when it happens!
I was ready to head home after an intense game when John and I ended up in one additional last game with Olga and Stuart. Boy. After a few points, I was dead on my feet. I was so tired. I got my workout today!
The last game ended just before 1:30. 4 1/2 hours of play today.
Tournament
I finished up my registration for the Livermore tournament by submitting payment. I’m not sure what happened with the setup, but on PickleballTournaments.com, the registration was messed up. It required a person to sign up for every possible event . . . Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles of all skill levels! After some emails, John and my registration was corrected. (He’d been running into the same issues.)
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 (No play day)
Vía en email blast, Mark Renneson of Third Shot Sports shared a story of being rejected for certification as a pickleball instructor. (You can read his story here.) In it, he linked to the required video that he submitted for consideration.
As of now, I haven’t watched the whole thing, but for someone addicted to pickleball, it may be of interest to see what is going through his mind in evaluating and instructing a new pickleball player.
Also, posted to the Pickleball Forum on Facebook, was a link to an article talking about Bill Gates (of Microsoft fame) and his wife playing pickleball—back when they were dating! That’s a long time. Here’s the link:
Number of days on a court: 202
Number of total hours: 560.5
To start at the beginning of this blog click on “1st Post” in the menu above.
Leave a Reply